Cuspidor or guspidor-holder



(No Model.)

B. P. DRAKE. GUSPIDOR 0R cusmon HOLDER.

No. 425,497. Patented Apr. 15, 1890.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIQEQ EDlVARD F. DRAKE, OF MILLERS FALLS,MASSACHUSETTS.

CUSPIDOR OR CUSPIDOR-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,497, dated April15, 1890.

Application filed June 22, 1389. $erial No. 315,159. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD F. DRAKE, of Millers Falls, county ofFranklin, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inOuspidors or CuspidonHolders, of which the following description, inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, likeletters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to improve cuspidors orcuspidor-holders of the kind commonly termed Ottoman cnspidors. In theuse of cuspidors of this kind I have found it very desirable to have thecover of the hold er detachable or removable bodily at will, so that thebody of the holder may be cleaned without danger of damaging the cover.I have also found it desirable to have the cover thrown backautomatically when released, instead of requiring it to be thrown backby the foot.

This invention consists in a cuspi'dor-holder provided with a hingedcover removable bodily at will when lifted; alsoin the combination, witha cuspid or-holder having a cover, of means for automatically throwingthe cover back or open.

Figure 1 is a side elevation and partial section of a cuspidor-holderembodying this invention, and Figs. 2, 3, and 4 details to be referredto.

The body a of the cuspidor holder, preferably of metal, having a flangedbase a, is herein shown as adapted to receive within it a cuspidor ofany usual construction, or it may itself, if desired, be used as acuspidor. A plate I) is riveted or otherwise secured to the wall of thesaid body, as shown, said plate forming one leaf of a hinge, the otherleaf 1; of which is secured'to the cover 0. The pintle b of the hinge isattached to the leaf 1) by the posts 11 (see Fig. 2,) having portions ateither end to be engaged by the hooked ears b of the leaf Z2. It will beseen that the ears b are not turned completely over, but leave a spaceat the under side to permit the pintle b of the hinge to be withdrawn,if desired, when the cover is in a vertical position. The pintle Z2 ofthe hinge is retained in its place under the ears Z; by the action ofthe spring 3, said spring being formed, as herein shown,

of a wire bent back upon itself at 3', (see Fig. 2,) and slipped underthe hook or eye a formed upon the wall of the body a. The two arms 5 ofthe wire encircle the pintle between the posts 17 and thereafter thewire is extended beneath and made to bear against the under side of thecover 0.

The tendency of the spring, shaped as described, is to throw the coverback into its dotted-line. position, Fig. 1.

At a point diametrically opposite to the hinge the cover is providedwith a hook or eye 0, which is engaged by the hooked end f of a flatspring or latch f, secured to the wall of the body a, the said latchholding the cover in its lowermost or closed position.

The spring or latch f shown is oifset at a point below the hook f, (seeFig. 1,) and has formed upon its inner face an inclined projection orcam' f to be acted upon by a releasing device H, consisting of a wire,as shown, which is bent to embrace the catch, a portion of the sameextending down through the flange a, after which the shank of the saidhook or latch is turned upward through the said flange and is surroundedby a spring h and provided with a foot-piece 72,. The spring It acts tokeep the foot-piece h and loop it" normally in an elevated position, asshown in the drawings.

It will be seen that by depressing the footpiece 7L the loop part of thereleasing device will be drawn down, and, acting upon the inclined faceof the projection f will throw the upper free end of the spring or latchf outward, disengaging the hook f from the hook or eye 0 and allowingthe spring 3 to throw back the cover, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1.Upon allowing the foot-piece to return to its normal or elevatedposition the spring f will also return to its normal position to. beengaged by the hook or eye 0 when the cover 0 is closed.

The construction of the hinge is such that when the cover in itselevated position is depressed the said spring will slide through thehook or eye a far enough to permit the pintle b to be disengaged fromthe cars 11*, when the cover may be readily lifted olr".

In replacing the cover the spring 5 will first be inserted in the hookor eye a when the pintle may readily be passed down and under the ears bThe cover is shown detached in Fig. at.

I do not desire to limit myself to the precise construction shown, asthe same may be varied considerablyand still come within the scope ofthis invention.

1 claim- 1. The body a of a cuspidor or cuspidorholder, provided with ahinged cover removable bodily at will when lifted, and mechanism wherebythe cover may be thrown open, substantially as described.

2. The body a of a cuspidor or cuspidorholder, provided with a hingedcover removable bodily at will when lifted, a spring for automaticallythrowing said cover open, and a catch for lockin g the same in itsclosed position, substantially as described.

o. The body a of a cuspidor or cuspidorholder, provided with a hingedcover removable bodily at will when lifted, a spring for throwing saidcover open, a suitable catch for locking the same in its closedposition, and means for releasing said catch, substantially asdescribed.

4. In a cuspidor or cuspidor-holder, the body a, provided with one ormore overturned ears b combined with the cover 0, having one or morepintles 12 to engage the said overturned ears to form a detachablehinge, and mechanism for opening and closing the said cover,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

. EDXVARD F. DRAKE.

Witnesses:

J. A. MACDONALD, A. M. CRAIG.

